What do you do when it snows 9″ on top of a few inches still on the ground? You send the dogs outside to play and take pictures. I love to watch Brandy run. She had a good four years of puppyhood with injured or uncomfortable legs until we could get her the TTA surgeries…

February has been a great month, which is partially why I haven’t written in almost two weeks. Between work events and weekends of recharging, I have not spent as much time in the kitchen as I would like. But instead of apologizing about that, let me share some of the good things that happened. Like…

Unless you are in the know about historic American cuisine, the name Fannie may not mean much. If you are aware of Fannie Farmer’s famous cookbook, you likely know that she compiled hundreds of recipes and housework tips for women and servants in the late 19th century offering tips on how to make the best…

Beef burgers are John’s favorite food. The man could eat a burger every day and he would be so happy, so I figured I would attempt to make the best of the best of burgers just for him. Of course I thought to myself – I’ll cook a burger in a sous vide water bath…

Earlier this month I signed up for the first Indy Food Swap of 2015. My friends have been food swappers since the first event in 2011, and I’ve known it existed, but I haven’t attended because either the timing wasn’t right or I contemplated too much over what to bring. This food swap was a bit of…

Happy New Year! Have I said that yet? 2015 has started off gloriously busy. You’ll notice my lack of posts this past week as a hint that while I may not be writing here, I’m writing, cooking and photographing for dozens of clients. I wrote the tasty phrases behind the photos for Visit Indy’s Top 25…

First, let me thank you for clicking on a post with the word “rabbit” in the title. Are you curious or nostalgic? Maybe you have eaten rabbit before, or you are interested to know how to cook it should you ever find yourself on Chopped pulling a rabbit out of a box. Rabbits hold several symbolic…

As I type this, I hear rain trickling on the roof and windows, snores from dogs sleeping, and Lidia Bastianich of PBS’ Create TV discussing the differences between green, red and black lentils. The local weather channel says we will expect lows of 5 and 10 degrees this week. Glistening blankets of snow are nowhere in sight, making…

We are only 3 days into the new year and I’ve finished my first book! Sounds great, right? Except I started it way back in 2014. I did not read nearly as many books as I should have last year. Between my full time job, this site, freelance writing gigs, recipe development projects, volunteer responsibilities…

A dish with three names may presume you to think of complicated steps or ingredients that cannot be pronounced, but that is not the case here. Instead, this dish with many names comes from my childhood and it is not very complicated at all. Growing up, they were called Pigs in a Blanket. Enjoyed anytime…

It has been so long since John and I enjoyed a home cooked pork chop. Pork chops remind me of chicken breasts, only better. The meat can be tender and juicy but with more flavor than that of chicken, therefore requiring less extra affairs. But chicken, it is so boring and bland, and without being injected or…

“Practicing cooking” are two words that I did not think much of until recently. I recently picked up Thomas Keller’s Ad Hoc at Home cookbook at the library because he’s one of the world’s most acclaimed chefs and is completely down to earth when it comes to discussing food. Amidst the suggestions of basics that each…

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My name is Sara - welcome to Solid Gold Eats, where I encourage you to try new things and make dishes that are solid gold hits at the dinner table and beyond. I write about life in Indianapolis with my boyfriend and our two dogs, Dollar and Brandy, and my growing interest in the science of how food works.